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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Salieri's servants?
(a) That he will shave himself in future.
(b) That he is sick of eating cakes.
(c) His declaration that he will not go to bed that night.
(d) That he will eat cakes in bed that night.

2. What does Salieri do, in his pain?
(a) He stuffs his ears so he cannot hear the music.
(b) He screams.
(c) He runs out into the street.
(d) He demands that Mozart stop playing immediately.

3. What does Salieri say is the effect of the slowness in the music?
(a) Patience.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Opulence.
(d) Serenity.

4. How old was Mozart when the Emperor last met him?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Six.

5. To what does Salieri compare the opening measures of the music he hears?
(a) A dusty oboe.
(b) A tired crumhorn.
(c) A rusty squeezebox.
(d) A rusty triangle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character receives a kiss from Salieri?

2. What is ironic about court musicians and their employers?

3. Who is the lead singer Mozart has engaged?

4. Who invites Salieri to join the Masons?

5. What is Mozart's reaction to Constanze's game with the Venticelli?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is important about the discussion between Von Strack, Rosenberg and Van Swieten?

2. In what way does Salieri contradict himself in the scene in which he attempts to seduce Constanze?

3. In what way does Salieri believe God is torturing him?

4. Comment on Salieri's appeal to 'the ghosts of the future'.

5. Why does Salieri rush out into the street on hearing Mozart's music?

6. What strategy does Salieri use in his attempt to seduce Constanze?

7. Comment on the dramatic function of the Venticelli in the opening scene.

8. What does his comment about his requirement in a wife reveal about Salieri's character?

9. How does Salieri come to change his mind about meeting Mozart?

10. What concrete information about Mozart is passed to Salieri by the Venticelli?

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